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Emily For Real


School year: Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 224

Published: 2012

Great for age 12-18 years

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Seventeen-year-old Emily's world crumbles when her boyfriend dumps her and when she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse, a series of secrets are revealed that threaten to tear her beloved family apart. Emily feels like she has no one to turn to, until an unexpected friendship blossoms with a troubled classmate named Leo. Sometimes despondent but always supportive, Leo is Emily's rock in an ocean of confusion and disbelief. Leo's life isn't easy either, and he struggles to be both mother and father to his little sister while his mom battles her alcohol addiction. The two friends lean on each other, and in the end discover the inner strength to face whatever life throws at them. With incredible insight into the teenage psyche and speckled with pitch-perfect humour, author Sylvia Gunnery has created a heart-warming coming of age story that is sure to connect with young adult readers.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade-10th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-14 years.

There are 224 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2012 by Pajama Press .

Sylvia Gunnery currently works with the Nova Scotia Department of Education, in both testing and evaluation and English programme services. In 1998 she was awarded the Canadian Prime Minister's Award Winner for Teaching Excellence

 

About Emily for Real

"[G]enuinely touching at its tear-inducing, hopeful end."-Kirkus Reviews

"Gunnery gives Emily a thoughtful, introspective, and easily relatable voice."-School Library Journal

"Gunnery's style is enjoyably terse and direct...observations like 'crying is not cathartic' are short on words but high on impact."-Quill & Quire

"Young adult readers, especially females, will enjoy reading about the challenges Emily faces and will cheer her on throughout the book, and she attempts to unravel the secrets which have been woven around her."-CM Magazine

"Emily's genuine characterization keeps the situation grounded in real emotion that readers will be able to relate to."-Resource Links Magazine

"Gunnery nicely captures the way families really are, the sweet, mundane and strained interactions of everyday life...Emily for Real is a satisfying read for teens who will root for Emily as she faces the challenges of friendship and families and growing up."-The Chronicle Herald

"As the narrator who shares her responses to a stream of stupefying revelations, Emily becomes a real girl, not a cardboard cut-out of a teen."-CanLit for LittleCanadians